So...it's a new year. I hope this one turns out better than my expectations. I believe we're in for some rough times. Everyone seems to want stuff, but no one seems willing to make the sacrifices necessary to get the stuff. I am afraid that my generation started the "me-first" culture, and I am ashamed of that.
It is my opinion that the original sin was just that -- "I want." As humans we can't seem to understand that selfishness IS our sin nature. If we serve the Lord, our primary obstacle is to get beyond our "self" and think of God first and others second. Ourselves should come at least third if not further down the list.
Most of the world's problems are caused by people being selfish...selfish for money, power, things, attention, etc. The list goes on and on. This is going to be hopefully one of my major concerns this year: to try to prioritize my life so as to become more pleasing to the Lord.